The word(s) "destroy" appears 73 time(s) in 70 verse(s) in Quran in Muhammad Pickthal translation.

(41) Then see the nature of the consequence of their plotting, for lo! We destroyed them and their people, every one.

(42) And We verily gave the Scripture unto Moses after We had destroyed the generations of old: clear testimonies for mankind, and a guidance and a mercy, that haply they might reflect.

(43) And how many a community have We destroyed that was thankless for its means of livelihood! And yonder are their dwellings, which have not been inhabited after them save a little. And We, even We, were the inheritors.

(44) And never did thy Lord destroy the townships, till He had raised up in their mother(-town) a messenger reciting unto them Our revelations. And never did We destroy the townships unless the folk thereof were evil-doers.

(45) He said: I have been given it only on account of knowledge I possess. Knew he not that Allah had destroyed already of the generations before him men who were mightier than him in strength and greater in respect of following? The guilty are not questioned of their sins.

(46) And when Our messengers brought Abraham the good news, they said: Lo! we are about to destroy the people of that township, for its people are wrong-doers.

(47) Is it not a guidance for them (to observe) how many generations We destroyed before them, amid whose dwelling places they do walk? Lo! therein verily are portents! Will they not then heed?

(48) Have they not seen how many generations We destroyed before them, which indeed returned not unto them;

(49) Then We destroyed the others.

(50) How many a generation We destroyed before them, and they cried out when it was no longer the time for escape!