flashback
US /ˈflæʃˌbæk/
・UK /'flæʃbæk/
C2
noun
- A sudden, vivid memory of an event in the past.
- Showing an earlier event in a film, book etc.
- A scene in a movie, novel, etc., set in a time earlier than the main story.
Examples
The story is told in flashback.
I had a sudden flashback to the time immediately after the war.