The phrase "start destroying" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English in certain contexts.
For example, "The war had begun, and the enemy forces started destroying the small village."
Maybe if we don't move them, they start destroying homes.
Russia especially needs help to start destroying its vast depots of chemical agents, shells and warheads.
"But if you start destroying jobs, we're going to find out there is a consumer debt problem.
But I also hate seeing people who come into the profession and start destroying their health and their personal life.
The body has a chemical that can neutralise this substance, but when that is exhausted, the breakdown products of paracetamol start destroying the liver.
The authorities, working to restore damaged telecommunications lines, power and water, said they would start destroying buildings too badly damaged to be inhabited.
Nikki Kidd scored Scotland's consolation but a Spanish goal within 20 seconds of the start destroyed Scotland's game plan.
Then as the conflict … intensified they started destroying boys' schools also.
"The history will write Sharon is the first one who started destroying Israel," he told me.
Mr. Liddy said that the next day he went to his office and started destroying evidence of the burglary.
After factoring in the rise in rivals' shares, Air Products could feasibly sweeten its offer to $69 before the company started destroying value for its own shareholders.
