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I really don't see how 'he took the form of a man' is unclear. It sounds exactly like Gandalf.
"Took a form of a man" and "Took a mortal body" is the same thing? For all we know it doesnt suggests that Sauron's body is alive, suggests more like an armour that he controls.
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Knowing where the apparation ends up isn't as handy if the attack comes immediately thereafter. It's also quite simple to make noise around (there might be plenty anyway, they're not fighting in space... yet!) that could obscure the slight 'pop'. Acting quickly makes any disadvantage incurred by the pop insignificant.
After apparatating it will take at least 1-2 seconds before acting, a experienced melee fighter will move before you can do anything.
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Voldemort could certainly have had a different experience than another fellow hit by AK because he wasn't really off to deadland. (Heading off into the world of conjecture...) Or maybe folks hit with AK don't get the option to become ghosts, since their souls are violently punted out of the body. I could see the distinction of the Dementor's Kiss vs. AK being that you can still live if your heart or brain is removed slowly and carefully, but it's game over when you rip the thing right out. People have that discussion all the time, which is worse: Vegetable or corpse? (Now we add 'or ghost or wispy-soul-thing'.)
In any event, AK does indeed magic-kill the target. That doesn't mean the soul is destroyed, it just means that magic part of you is now gone.
It killed his body but because of the Horcruxes he didnt "advanced" so for him he was just ripped apart from his body while other people would "advance".
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'Voldemort's not one for mastering fear'? What exactly are you refering to?
Not so well as Sauron that(At Silmalrillion)took Minas Tirith(Yes it did existed that time) alone, all defenders(people who have win battles against Dragons, balrogs and orcs for years) entered in panic and run in fear.
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Strange wands perform at suboptimal levels, not substandard levels. It's an important distinction. But not important as a tactic, anyway.
It DOES make harder to use magic, in a fight everything makes difference.