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flashback
noun
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flash·back | \ ˈflash-ˌbak \
Definition of flashback
(Entry 1 of 2)
1: a recession of flame to an unwanted position (as into a blowpipe)
2a: interruption of chronological sequence (as in a film or literary work) by interjection of events of earlier occurrencealso : an instance of flashback
b: a past incident recurring vividly in the mind
flash back
verb
flashed back; flashing back; flashes back
Definition of flash back (Entry 2 of 2)
intransitive verb
1: to focus one's mind on or vividly remember a past time or incident —usually used with toflashed back to my childhood
2: to employ a flashback (as in a film) —usually used with to
