disaster area

noun

Definitions

  1. An area that has been the site of a natural disaster that receives an official…

    An area that has been the site of a natural disaster that receives an official designation entitling residents and organizations within that area to receive relief and benefits.

    • Much of the central Gulf Coast was declared a disaster area after hurricane Katrina.
  2. An area that looks like one that has suffered a natural disaster.

    • Your room is a disaster area.
    • And while our discourse might be a disaster area, the imaginative vistas of the Internet are far more vast than the modest plot of our feeds.

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