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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Residents and businesses in parts of the country declared FEMA disaster areas may have more time, however. —

Dan Avery, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2024 FinCEN will work with any FBAR filer who lives outside the disaster areas but who must consult records located in the affected areas to meet the deadline. —

Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024 But this was Harris' first visit to a disaster area as vice president. —

Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 Oct. 2024 In addition, FinCEN will work with any reporting company whose principal place of business is outside the disaster areas but that must consult records located in the affected areas to meet the deadline. —

Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 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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