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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Recapture and flashback are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Recapture" instead a noun "Flashback".
Nearby Word: flash
Recapture
Recapture noun - The act or process of getting something back.
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Synonyms for Recapture
Flashback and recapture are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Flashback" instead a noun "Recapture".
Nearby Words: recaptured, recapturing
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Related pairs
- consciousness and flashback
- consciousness and recapture
- mind and flashback
- mind and recapture
- recognition and flashback
- recognition and recapture
- return and flashback
- return and recapture
- retrospection and flashback
- retrospection and recapture
- cognizance and flashback
- cognizance and recapture
- memory and flashback
- memory and recapture
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Other examples from the trilogy are Gimli and Aragorn when the latter turns up alive at Helm's Deep, and Boromir and Faramir in a flashback following the recapture of Osgiliath.
Source: Film / The Lord of the Rings
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