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flashback
flashback /ˈflæʃbæk/ noun
1. [uncountable and countable] a scene in a film, play, book etc that shows something that happened before that point in the story:
    The events of the hero’s childhood are shown as a series of flashbacks.
2. [countable] a sudden very clear memory of something that happened to you in the past:
    Eaton still has flashbacks of the crash.
3. [countable] an occasion when someone has the same bad feeling that they had when they took an illegal drug in the past:
    Many users of this drug experience flashbacks.
4. [countable] technical a burning gas or liquid that moves back into a tube or container