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noun

a region or locality in which the population is generally affected by the occurrence of a major disaster, as a widespread flood, an explosion causing extensive damage, or the like.

such a region or locality officially determined to be eligible, under statutory provisions, for emergency governmental relief.

Origin:
1955–60

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disaster area
noun
a region whose population is affected by a general disaster

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Example sentences

Forbearance for borrowers who reside or work in the designated disaster area.

Same with living in a flood plane or other pending disaster area.

The place is declared a disaster area, and an evil government bureaucrat orders

that the town be domed.

The acquisitions should eliminate future structural and content damages at

vulnerable sites in the disaster area.

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"America has a history of political isolation and economic self-sufficiency; its citizens have tended to regard the rest of the world as a disaster area from which lucky or pushy people emigrate to the Promised Land. Alternatively, they think of other nations as mere showplaces for picturesque scenery, odd flora and fauna and quaint artifacts. The American tourist abroad therefore wears clothes suitable for a trip to a disaster area, or for a visit to a museum or zoo: comfortable, casual, brightly colored, relatively cheap: not calculated to arouse envy or pick up dirt. Britain, on the other hand, remains in imagination a world empire. Its citizens go abroad as representatives of the Top Nation, concerned to uphold its reputation and present a good example to lesser races. Britons therefore dress up rather than down for travel, whatever the local conditions."

-Alison Lurie