Which of the following word choices would most likely create a clinical, detached tone in a passage about...

Which of the following word choices would most likely create a clinical, detached tone in a passage about human suffering?
a.
Uprooted families wandered the streets searching desperately for shelter.
b.
Units were processed and removed from the system at scheduled intervals.
c.
Workers collapsed beneath the weight of impossible daily demands placed on them.
d.
The neighborhood fell silent as families disappeared from their homes one by one.