Meanings
noundisaster area (plural disaster areas)
plural disaster areas
- 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.
- alsofigurativelyAn area that looks like one that has suffered a natural disaster.
Your room is a disaster area.
1 more example
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.
2017 December 27, Michael Andor Brodeur, “The meme class of 2017”, in The Boston Globe
Translations
Arabic منطقة منكوبة
- منطقة منكوبةarea that has been declared to suffer of consequences of a disaster
Dutch rampgebied
- rampgebiedarea that has been declared to suffer of consequences of a disaster
Finnish tuhoalue
- tuhoaluearea that has been declared to suffer of consequences of a disaster
French zone sinistrée, région sinistrée
- zone sinistréearea that has been declared to suffer of consequences of a disaster
- région sinistréearea that has been declared to suffer of consequences of a disaster
German Katastrophengebiet
- Katastrophengebietarea that has been declared to suffer of consequences of a disaster
Polish obszar klęski
- obszar klęskiarea that has been declared to suffer of consequences of a disaster
Russian зо́на бе́дствия
- зо́на бе́дствия (zóna bédstvija)area that has been declared to suffer of consequences of a disaster
Swedish katastrofområde
- katastrofområdearea that has been declared to suffer of consequences of a disaster
Cite this entry
APA
disaster area. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disaster%20area
MLA
“disaster area.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disaster%20area. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disaster area,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disaster%20area.
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