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noun

(1) A transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story

(2) An unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)

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flashback

a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
a vivid mental image of a past trauma, especially one that recurs
a similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug