Flashback
Flashback noun - A transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story.
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Synonyms for Flashback
Hallucination and flashback are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hallucination" instead a noun "Flashback".
Nearby Word: flash
Hallucination
Hallucination noun - A conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality.
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Synonyms for Hallucination
Flashback and hallucination are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Flashback" with "Hallucination", this nouns are similar.
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Both words in one sentence
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Fanservice Extra: Watson's flashback/hallucination of Farida, the belly dancer he met in Benghazi.
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Pin-Pulling Teeth: The Unknown Soldier pulls the pin from a grenade with his teeth in a hallucination/flashback to Vietnam in G.I.
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It's worth noting that Bravos and Aldrich die in the crash immediately after the opening credits, and Chase only appears in a flashback/hallucination.
Source: And Starring
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