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Rareflashback
The correct spelling is flashback.
How to pronounce flashback
noun
IPA: /ˈflæʃbæk/
Say it like: Fla-shb-ak
The correct spelling is flashback. (authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.(authorship) 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, especially one that recurs.
- 3.A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.
- 4.The condition of the flame propagating down the hose of an oxy-fuel welding system.
- 5.A query that operates against data from an earlier time, before it was changed.
verb
- 1.To undergo a flashback; to experience a vivid mental image from the past.
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