Closer look: “The “A” adherents, however, were considerably cooked when the next volley came out, badly scattering, with one shot entirely apart and before the rest. Bud’s mother did not entirely understand the sudden quieting if the adherents; they felt vaguely that all was not as it should be, and the chill of fear laid hold upon their hearts”

What is the connotation of the word “cooled” as it is used in this excerpt
a) focused
b) froze
c) relaxed
d) worried

connotation meaning: “an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning”