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Definition of flashback noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

flashback

noun
 
/ˈflæʃbæk/
 
/ˈflæʃbæk/
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  1. [countable, uncountable] a part of a film, play, etc. that shows a scene that happened earlier in time than the main story
    • The events that led up to the murder were shown in a series of flashbacks.
    • The reader is told the story in flashback.
    Topics Film and theatrec2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • sudden
    verb + flashback
    • get
    • have
    preposition
    • in (a) flashback
    • flashback to
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  2. [countable] a sudden, very clear, strong memory of something that happened in the past that is so real you feel that you are living through the experience again
    • war veterans suffering from nightmares and flashbacks
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • sudden
    verb + flashback
    • get
    • have
    preposition
    • in (a) flashback
    • flashback to
    See full entry
See flashback in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
previously
adverb
 
 
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