disaster area
disaster area
nounDefinition of DISASTER AREA
: 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 (as emergency loans and relief supplies)
See Examples of DISASTER AREA
- 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?
First Known Use of DISASTER AREA
1953
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