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"having destroyed" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is commonly used in the past participle form to indicate that an action was completed before another action in the past. Example: Having destroyed all evidence of his crime, the criminal thought he had gotten away with it.
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Connors was the heavy favorite, having destroyed his opponents in his march toward the title match.
By Easter 774, Charlemagne was in Rome, having destroyed the Lombard kingdom.
Sadly they are left with the results of having destroyed all that value.
"There's the pain of my children, of having destroyed my life, my youth," Ms. Aldana said.
He blamed Griffin, for "having destroyed the party of which he is still nominally head".
Moreover, Morgan's men were familiar with the L&N, having destroyed part of the rail line earlier that year.
Having destroyed Libya's air defences, Western bombers and missiles pummelled the advancing troops into a speedy retreat.Harder decisions followed.
That is why China, having destroyed so much of its forest, is now paying its farmers to plant trees.
He blamed the party chairman, Nick Griffin, for "having destroyed the party of which he is still nominally head".
Having destroyed any semblance of democratic institutions and with no rule of law, Mr Putin's rich barons have to rely on shaky agreements.
By 833 Ebbo, with other leading prelates, had joined the emperor's opponents who, led by his son Lothar I, accused Louis of having destroyed Frankish unity.
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