"disaster area" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: disaster areas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} disaster area (plural disaster areas)
  1. 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.
    Sense id: en-disaster_area-en-noun-pHpwRLb6
  2. (also figuratively) An area that looks like one that has suffered a natural disaster. Tags: also, figuratively
    Sense id: en-disaster_area-en-noun-PsNUDacO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (area that has been declared to suffer of consequences of a disaster): منطقة منكوبة (Arabic), rampgebied [neuter] (Dutch), tuhoalue (Finnish), zone sinistrée [feminine] (French), région sinistrée [feminine] (French), Katastrophengebiet [neuter] (German), obszar klęski [masculine] (Polish), зо́на бе́дствия (zóna bédstvija) [feminine] (Russian), katastrofområde [neuter] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'area that has been declared to suffer of consequences of a disaster': 52 48

Inflected forms

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