The phrase "avoiding the destruction" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is discussing measures or actions taken to prevent destruction or damage.
Example: "The team focused on avoiding the destruction of the fragile ecosystem during the construction project."
Alternatives: "preventing the destruction" or "stopping the destruction".
Our data suggest that proline plays a role in the protection against chilling stress by assisting osmotic regulation, removing hydroxyl free radicals and avoiding the destruction of enzymes (Kuznetsov and Shevyakova 1999).
This, simply put, meant avoiding the destruction and or depletion of Fighter Command was the primary factor in air defence.
R-plants are more efficient trap crops as nematodes are killed in the roots, avoiding the destruction of the plants before the end of the nematode life cycle.
Targeted therapies, such as lapatinib (Tykerb) [ 6], bevacizumab (Avastin) [ 7], and trastuzumab (Herceptin), are gaining special attention in cancer treatment as they act directly to cancer cells avoiding the destruction of healthy cells.
EU regulations are meant to avoid the destruction of crucial natural peat and grass habitats.
Determined to avoid the destruction of any books "on the grounds of a claim from Goebbels", he agreed to pay her 1% of the net retail price.
Ms. Haggerty-Blohm said that with a sterilization program in place, the city could eventually avoid the destruction of as many as 11,000 animals a year.
By skilled diplomacy Sancho avoided the destruction of his kingdom, accepting Alfonso VII of Castile as his overlord and marrying Alfonso's daughter.
In the 1980s, as a field French doctor working in Afghanistan, I wrote several articles and open letters to the Soviet Union president to avoid the destruction of the Médecins Sans Frontières Wardak hospital.
According to the report's authors, conservationists and industry must work together to protect Africa's great apes and avoid the destruction caused by the palm oil industry in Malaysia and Indonesia.
I'd have thought the fact the man was warning us that it will take "the greatest collective action in history" to avoid the destruction of our planet was more important than his choice of sports jacket.
