The phrase "avoided destroying" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing actions taken to prevent destruction or harm in various contexts, such as environmental conservation or conflict resolution.
Example: "The team worked diligently to find a solution that avoided destroying the fragile ecosystem."
Alternatives: "prevented damage" or "stopped the destruction".
The BBC quotes a representative, David King, from "the pro-choice group Human Genetics Alert," as calling the tactic "outrageous". The team avoided destroying embryos, and used a male embryo, so that the resulting child wouldn't pass on any inherited mitochondrial DNA.
At a Congressional hearing last month, Mr. Ashcroft defended the agreements, saying that they avoided "destroying entire corporations" through criminal indictments.
We had to become more efficient if we were to avoid destroying ourselves ecologically or through weapons of destruction.
Scientists say the Four Rivers project needs to be stopped to avoid destroying more Ramsar sites and their biodiversity.
SU-8 development time and hydrodynamic shear stress were carefully controlled to avoid destroying micropillars with high aspect ratio.
Saddam's palaces may contain weapons of mass destruction, but I hope we can avoid destroying them completely.
When Kermit receives a file that has the same name as an existing file, it normally wants to do something to avoid destroying the existing file.
From our contemporary double millennium forward, the essential challenge confronting our species will remain how to avoid destroying the human world.
But he said only 60 or so existing cell lines could be used to avoid destroying more human embryos to obtain more stem cells.
The campaign would try to avoid destroying important city services and alienating the civilian population, and would also encourage Iraqi troops to defect.
The message to road-builders is unmistakable: try to avoid destroying America's heritage unless it's just too much trouble.
