flashback

🇺🇸 /ˈflæʃbæk/ 🇬🇧 /ˈflæʃbæk/
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noun
R

A scene in a movie or story that shows something that happened earlier.

The movie uses a flashback to show how the characters first met.

R

A sudden, strong memory of a past event that feels real again.

After the accident, she had a flashback to the moment it happened.

translation

n. A scene in a movie or story that shows something that happened earlier.; A sudden, strong memory of a past event that feels real again.

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Plural flashbacks