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?

Recent Examples on the Web

Victims in disaster areas designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency may also have an automatic extension. —Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 28 Jan. 2026

Victims in disaster areas designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency may also have an automatic extension. —Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Jan. 2026

The reactors are suitable for use on army bases, remote communities, disaster areas, and energy-hungry data centers. —Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 18 Dec. 2025

Photographs taken in several disaster areas showed huge piles of logs washed downhill by flash floods pouring off denuded slopes. —Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for disaster area

• araucaria
• arenaria
• honoraria
• mercenaria
• aquaria
• gregaria
• herbaria
• hysteria
• malaria
• puparia
• rancheria
• ceria