The word(s) "destroy" appears 69 time(s) in 65 verse(s) in Quran in Abdullah Yusuf Ali translation.

(61) It is He Who got out the Unbelievers among the People of the Book from their homes at the first gathering (of the forces). Little did ye think that they would get out: And they thought that their fortresses would defend them from Allah! But the (Wrath of) Allah came to them from quarters from which they little expected (it), and cast terror into their hearts, so that they destroyed their dwellings by their own hands and the hands of the Believers, take warning, then, O ye with eyes (to see)!

(62) Say: "See ye?- If Allah were to destroy me, and those with me, or if He bestows His Mercy on us,- yet who can deliver the Unbelievers from a grievous Penalty?"

(63) But the Thamud,- they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!

(64) And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;

(65) Did We not destroy the men of old (for their evil)?