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

According to the governor’s office, the grants are intended to strengthen outreach to Californians with low incomes, disabilities, language barriers, older adults and residents of high-risk disaster areas. — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026

The government deployed the military to the disaster areas not to help but to diffuse any expression of public discontent. — Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026

If the collision occurs in Europe, a country like France will disappear completely from the map, and the entire continent will become an unimaginable disaster area. — Govert Schilling, Scientific American, 27 June 2026

The Motion Picture Association pushed for 20%, plus 5% bonuses for filming in a disaster area or an enterprise zone. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 16 June 2026

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