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flashback

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. 1.(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
  2. 2.A vivid mental image of a past trauma, especially one that recurs.
  3. 3.A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.
  4. 4.The condition of the flame propagating down the hose of an oxy-fuel welding system.
  5. 5.A query that operates against data from an earlier time, before it was changed.

verb

  1. 1.To undergo a flashback; to experience a vivid mental image from the past.

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