The squad listened in a cowed, horrified kind of silence.
The squad listened in a cowed horrified kind of silence. (а) What do you mean by ‘the squad’ here ? (b) What made them horrified and silent ? (c) Give the meaning of‘cowed’.
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(a) The squad refers to a group of people, typically military personnel or law enforcement officers, who are working together as part of a single unit. (b) They were horrified and silent because they were unaware until then of the situation they were in. (c) Cowed here means intimidated or made fearful by someone or something more powerful.
