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Definition of flashback
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 occurrence; also : an instance of flashbackb : a past incident recurring vividly in the mind
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Examples of flashback in a Sentence
The character's childhood was described in a series of flashbacks.
He's having flashbacks of his days in the war.
Recent Examples of flashback from the Web
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FLASHBACK FRIDAY Los Angeles International Airport is expecting 1.2 million passengers during the Fourth of July weekend.
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Flashbacks revealed that Alex had been posing as Spencer for much of the season, even sleeping with her erstwhile boyfriend, Toby, and comforting Hanna when she was being held captive.
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Clint Eastwood played the handsome soldier in the 1971 film, and flashbacks in that version reveal him to be a shifty guy from the start.
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Those symptoms are: Reliving an event which can result in flashbacks or nightmares.
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The men described grappling with depression, anxiety, withdrawal and flashbacks.
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Their flashbacks together are among the movie's brightest moments.
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Here's Dascha in the same episode: And for comparison's sake, Dascha in a season-one flashback: See?
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In a flashback scene, a male prisoner was viciously raped, and his rapist was scalded to death in the prison showers.
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First Known Use of flashback
1903
Other Psychology Terms
FLASHBACK Defined for English Language Learners
flashback
playDefinition of flashback for English Language Learners
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: a part of a story or movie that describes or shows something that happened in the past
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: a strong memory of a past event that comes suddenly into a person's mind
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