The phrase "destroy the foundation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express that something has been ruined, corrupted, or otherwise rendered unusable either figuratively or literally. For example, "The company's unethical behavior destroyed the foundation of trust between management and employees."
The more confrontational language by the North Korean agency said American demands for an irreversible dismantling of its nuclear weapons program, as opposed to a suspension, "will destroy the foundation of the dialogue and cast a dark shadow" over hopes for new talks.
If it's not managed well, it can destroy the foundation of the business and lead to emotionally charged conflict that can greatly impact everyone involved.
This would destroy the foundation of Japan.
"He has been able to successfully destroy the foundation of support for the moderate insurgency".
Opponents will try to articulate how allowing same-sex couples to marry will destroy the foundation of our society.
The excavations provoked anger throughout the Islamic world, and Israel was accused of trying to destroy the foundation of the mosque.
This is just the beginning of a programme of legislation to impose the socialist ideology of one gender and to destroy the foundations of the family".
These hidden messages shape the next generation's understanding of themselves and destroy the foundations of morality essential for a healthy political culture.
For one of the inescapable implications of bioscience and information technology (he argues) is that they will undermine and ultimately destroy the foundations on which humanism is built.
Netanyahu spent his three years as prime minister in a largely successful attempt to destroy the foundations for peace with the Palestinians that his Labour predecessors had built.
