A loaded word is a word that not only informs but also caries some emotion with it, such as condemning, exciting, praising. In the statement above the loaded word is "crushing" - it makes a qualitative statement about the defeat: it was a very definite defeat.
The noun "herself" is a intensive pronoun. Since you can take out the pronoun and the sentence still makes sense that means its intensive. Hope that helps!
And because read it aloud eggs and bacon were frying in the skillet.
A: So listeners can stay awake and alert.
