Suppose the following sentence appears in the sports section of the newspaper:?

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11. Suppose the following sentence appears in the sports section of the newspaper:
Lorton’s experienced linemen performed well in handing Jefferson High’s Eagles a
crushing defeat.
What word in the sentence is most clearly a loaded word?
A. Experienced C. Crushing
B. Handing D. Defeat

 

[Maybe???]

"crushing" since it describes the intensity of the defeat.