The underlined word. 1. Some say he impaled 40,000 people. Others say
it was closer to 100,000. In any case, he
condemned a staggering number of people to
this slow and agonizing kind of death.
A astonishing
B unsteady
C arrangement
D small
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A. Astonishing.

Explanation:

In the given sentence, the underlined word is "staggering". This word is an adjective, meaning it modifies a noun.

As used in the given passage, the word "staggering" is used alongside "number of people". It is used to emphasize the number of people that the person hurt/ inflicted. This means that he killed a really great, astonishing, shocking number of people.

Thus, the correct answer is option A.

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