The phrase "spreading destruction" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the act of causing widespread damage or chaos, often in a dramatic or impactful context.
Example: "The hurricane was so powerful that it left a trail of spreading destruction across the coastal towns."
Alternatives: "causing devastation" or "wreaking havoc."
There is a wonderfully symbolic scene in which useless bank notes catch light on a bonfire and are blown away, spreading destruction wherever they land.
Since then global disapproval has shifted away from Assad and towards the Islamic extremists who are fighting him and spreading destruction across Syria and Iraq.
Munich — and the lessons learned from it — played a pivotal role in shaping American views on terrorism: Terrorists were bloodthirsty fanatics bent on spreading destruction and anarchy.
It first appeared in the Rhône valley in the 1860s and rapidly spread throughout the wine-growing regions of France, spreading destruction in its wake.
Composting process results to decrease in volume and weight of the biomass, elimination or reduction of pathogens spreading, destruction of weeds and phytotoxicity, decreased in C N ratio, odour free and easily spread products (Eghball and Lesoing 2000; Gómez-Brandón et al. 2008; Hristov et al. 2011; Larney et al. 2003; Larney and Hao 2007).
Reports reached Allenby throughout the day, describing the aircraft "spreading destruction, death, and terror behind the enemy's lines".
Military officials acknowledge using cluster bombs, which carry more than 200 bomblets designed to spread destruction over a broad area.
Operating as a sort of poisoned chain letter, the messages, when opened, spread destruction through graphics and other saved files.
The blasts were not huge, but large enough to spread destruction up and down the walks, which were stained with blood.
The atomisation of its central family unit is deeply unsettling; not for nothing does Sam fear that his parents' possible divorce will "spread destruction like that Japanese reactor".
The forest fires in Michigan, reported yesterday [July 12], were mere rushlights as compared with the tremendous conflagrations which spread destruction across vast areas of forest land in Northern Ontario.
