disaster area

noun

: an area officially declared to be the scene of an emergency created by a disaster and therefore qualified to receive certain types of governmental aid (such as emergency loans and relief supplies)

Examples of disaster area in a Sentence

After the hurricane, the state was declared a disaster area. His office is a disaster area. How can he find anything in all this clutter?

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The Galaxy show up for their fans By cross-referencing last season’s ticket sales data with zip codes in the disaster areas, Braun estimates that more than 11,000 of their fans who cheered for them on their championship run, and likely many more, have been affected. —

Don Riddell, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025 Politics shadowed Trump's visits to disaster areas Politics shadowed Trump's visits to disaster zones in North Carolina and California. —

Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025 The same relief will be available to any other counties added later to the disaster area. —

Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025 Federal tax relief is available for people in disaster areas designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the IRS said. —

Kendrick Marshall, Sacramento Bee, 13 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for disaster area

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of disaster area was in 1911

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