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flashback

/ˈflæʃ.bæk/ noun C1
  1. A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
  2. A vivid mental image of a past trauma or other sensation that the trauma is happening in the present, especially one that recurs.
  3. Something that evokes old memories; a throwback.
  4. A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.
  5. The condition of the flame propagating down the hose of an oxy-fuel welding system.
  6. A query that operates against data from an earlier time, before it was changed.

Plural flashbacks

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Words, meanings, pronunciations and translations from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.