destroying

present participle and gerund of destroy

(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
(transitive) To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
(transitive) To put down or euthanize.
(transitive) To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.
(informal, transitive) To utterly defeat; to crush.
(transitive) To remove data.
(slang, transitive) To exhaust completely and thus recreate or build up.
(slang, transitive, vulgar) To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way.
(US, slang, transitive) To sing a song extremely poorly.
(slang, transitive) To eat food quickly, hungrily or completely.