Directions: Find out the most effective word from the given options to fill the blanks of the following questions:

A: Coca-Cola estimated about 40 cents of lost earnings per share _______ due to the devaluation of their stock.
B: The gradual _______ of terror over many years left hundred dead and thousands wounded.
C: The _______ of snow on my car’s windshield was preventing the wipers from operating correctly.