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flashback

Syllabification: (flash·back)
Pronunciation: /ˈflaSHˌbak/

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Definition of flashback

noun

  • a scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story:in a series of flashbacks, we follow the pair through their teenage years
  • a sudden and disturbing vivid memory of an event in the past, typically as the result of psychological trauma or taking LSD.

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