[ˏdrægә'neid]
n.
对新教徒之迫害, 武力迫害

Dragonnade \Drag`on*nade"\ (dr[a^]g`[o^]n*n[=a]d"), n. [F., fr.
dragon dragoon, because Louis XIV., in persecuting the
Protestants of his kingdom, quartered dragoons upon them.]
The severe persecution of French Protestants under Louis
XIV., by an armed force, usually of dragoons; hence, a rapid
and devastating incursion; dragoonade.

He learnt it as he watched the dragonnades, the
tortures, the massacres of the Netherlands. --C.
Kingsley.