out-process

[ out-pros-es, -proh-ses ]

verb (used without object)

1. to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork:

   All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.

verb (used with object)

1. to prepare the paperwork necessary for (a military person) to end a tour of duty.

Word History and Origins

Origin of out-process¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

The deeper truth is that the declaring of American independence was a drawn-out process without a clear-cut crescendo moment.

From The Daily Beast

The Senator had his arms outstretched to indicate the hanging-out process.

From Project Gutenberg

"And an uncommonly broad hint for the guests to hasten the clearing-out process," retorted Dopsy.

From Project Gutenberg

Only she knew that an inner prompting stronger than any reasoned-out process drove her forward upon her vague and blinded mission.

From Project Gutenberg

The weeding-out process is probably related in some way with adaptability, but only remotely with physical strength.

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Its varying elements will become unified and the weeding out process will probably leave the finest human product ever known.

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