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Flash Back
see synonyms of flash backVerb
1. cut back, flash back
return in time
Example Sentences:'the film cut back to an earlier event in the story'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Flash Back
see synonyms of flash backn.
1.
a. A literary or cinematic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological order of a narrative.
b. The episode or scene depicted by means of this device.
2.
a. Psychiatry A recurring, intensely vivid mental image of a past traumatic experience: soldiers who had flashbacks of the war.
b. An unexpected recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug long after its original use.
c. A vivid memory that arises spontaneously or is provoked by an experience.
d. An experience that has characteristics of an earlier experience.
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