flashback
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- noun
- /ˈflæʃˌbæk/
- Specialized
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flashback
- And the instant she felt its familiarity, she was flooded with a series of flashbacks of their years together.
- experience flashbacks
- memories and flashbacks
- flashbacks and nightmares
So I was having really bad flashbacks in the car specifically.
- So I was having really bad flashbacks in the car specifically.
- It's like I still have this complex PTSDI, still have flashbacks, I still have nightmares.
- But flashbacks are still a massive issue for me.
- And in her fatigue, she starts to have these violent flashbacks to her father's last words.
- And so you go into yourself and I started having flashbacks while I was giving birth.
- And I, I only remember noises and flashbacks, but that's what that was.
- Now, less intense and flashbacks are what I might call mere reminders.
- But this one has some pretty intense flashback and I just can't risk that.
- Bro, this is like some this is like giving me flashbacks to BTS.
- I'm having flashbacks to the KSI already.
- This is reminding me of the slug guy flashbacks.
Examples
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What exactly did you remember?" Meredith recounted the flashback in every detail.
Fiction book (1996) -
Are you having a flashback?
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Wow, guys, I just had a flashback to reality.
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I think I'm having another flashback!
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But flashbacks are still a massive issue for me.
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So I was having really bad flashbacks in the car specifically.
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I'm having a flashback of when I bought my very first fancy purse.
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There is one situation that I still sometimes get flashbacks of from our early stay here.
Blog text (2) -
Other problems included sleep intrusion, flashbacks, and feelings of anger or rage.
Academic text (2007) -
After returning from combat, he often experiences flashbacks of the traumatic events he witnessed.
Synonyms
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Experiencing a past event or feeling again in your mind
A scene in a book or film that shows a past event to explain the story
A feeling of remembering a past event as if it is happening again
A return of a past feeling or memory in your mind
To see events from long ago
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Morphology
Etymology
Flashback comes from the parts flash ('a sudden bright light') and back ('to a time before'). A flashback in the mind is like a sudden 'flash' that sends you 'back' into a past event, which is why the word describes vivid memories after drugs or trauma.