Question

It was around then that the engine suddenly cut out.

Accepted Answer

(intransitivehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive) To stop workinghttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudiblehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inaudible, be disconnected.

Sentence	It was around then that the engine suddenly cut out.
Definition	( intransitive https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive ) To stop working https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/working , to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inaudible , be disconnected.

Engine Suddenly Cut Stop Switch Person Telephone Disconnected