The word(s) "destroy" appears 79 time(s) in 74 verse(s) in Quran in Muhammad Habib Shakir translation.

(21) And never did We destroy a town but it had a term made known.

(22) And if Allah had destroyed men for their iniquity, He would not leave on the earth a single creature, but He respites them till an appointed time; so when their doom will come they shall not be able to delay (it) an hour nor can they bring (it) on (before its time).

(23) If you do good, you will do good for your own souls, and if you do evil, it shall be for them. So when the second promise came (We raised another people) that they may bring you to grief and that they may enter the mosque as they entered it the first time, and that they might destroy whatever they gained ascendancy over with utter destruction.

(24) And when We wish to destroy a town, We send Our commandment to the people of it who lead easy lives, but they transgress therein; thus the word proves true against it, so We destroy it with utter destruction.

(25) And how many of the generations did We destroy after Nuh! and your Lord is sufficient as Knowing and Seeing with regard to His servants' faults.

(26) And there is not a town but We will destroy it before the day of resurrection or chastise it with a severe chastisement; this is written in the Divine ordinance.

(27) So he desired to destroy them out of the earth, but We drowned him and those with him all together;

(28) And his wealth was destroyed; so he began to wring his hands for what he had spent on it, while it lay, having fallen down upon its roofs, and he said: Ah me! would that I had not associated anyone with my Lord.

(29) And (as for) these towns, We destroyed them when they acted unjustly, and We have appointed a time for their destruction.

(30) And how many of the generations have We destroyed before them who were better in respect of goods and outward appearance!