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

(41) And to every one We gave examples and every one did We destroy with utter destruction.

(42) So they gave him the lie, then We destroyed them. Most surely there is a sign in this, but most of them do not believe.

(43) Then We utterly destroyed the others.

(44) And We did not destroy any town but it had (its) warners,

(45) See, then, how was the end of their plan that We destroyed them and their people, all (of them).

(46) And certainly We gave Musa the Book after We had destroyed the former generations, clear arguments for men and a guidance and a mercy, that they may be mindful.

(47) And how many a town have We destroyed which exulted in its means of subsistence, so these are their abodes, they have not been dwelt in after them except a little, and We are the inheritors,

(48) And your Lord never destroyed the towns until He raised in their metropolis an apostle, reciting to them Our communications, and We never destroyed the towns except when their people were unjust.

(49) He said: I have been given this only on account of the knowledge I have. Did he not know that Allah had destroyed before him of the generations those who were mightier in strength than he and greater in assemblage? And the guilty shall not be asked about their faults.

(50) And when Our apostles came to Ibrahim with the good news, they said: Surely we are going to destroy the people of this town, for its people are unjust.