def destroy(name, call=None):
    '''
    Destroy a node. Will check termination protection and warn if enabled.

    CLI Example:

    .. code-block:: bash

        salt-cloud --destroy mymachine
    '''
    if call == 'function':
        raise SaltCloudSystemExit(
            'The destroy action must be called with -d, --destroy, '
            '-a or --action.'
        )

    __utils__['cloud.fire_event'](
        'event',
        'destroying instance',
        'salt/cloud/{0}/destroying'.format(name),
        args={'name': name},
        sock_dir=__opts__['sock_dir'],
        transport=__opts__['transport']
    )

    data = show_instance(name, call='action')
    node = query(method='droplets', droplet_id=data['id'], http_method='delete')

    ## This is all terribly optomistic:
    # vm_ = get_vm_config(name=name)
    # delete_dns_record = config.get_cloud_config_value(
    #     'delete_dns_record', vm_, __opts__, search_global=False, default=None,
    # )
    # TODO: when _vm config data can be made available, we should honor the configuration settings,
    # but until then, we should assume stale DNS records are bad, and default behavior should be to
    # delete them if we can. When this is resolved, also resolve the comments a couple of lines below.
    delete_dns_record = True

    if not isinstance(delete_dns_record, bool):
        raise SaltCloudConfigError(
            '\'delete_dns_record\' should be a boolean value.'
        )
    # When the "to do" a few lines up is resolved, remove these lines and use the if/else logic below.
    log.debug('Deleting DNS records for %s.', name)
    destroy_dns_records(name)

    # Until the "to do" from line 754 is taken care of, we don't need this logic.
    # if delete_dns_record:
    #    log.debug('Deleting DNS records for %s.', name)
    #    destroy_dns_records(name)
    # else:
    #    log.debug('delete_dns_record : %s', delete_dns_record)
    #    for line in pprint.pformat(dir()).splitlines():
    #       log.debug('delete context: %s', line)

    __utils__['cloud.fire_event'](
        'event',
        'destroyed instance',
        'salt/cloud/{0}/destroyed'.format(name),
        args={'name': name},
        sock_dir=__opts__['sock_dir'],
        transport=__opts__['transport']
    )

    if __opts__.get('update_cachedir', False) is True:
        __utils__['cloud.delete_minion_cachedir'](name, __active_provider_name__.split(':')[0], __opts__)

    return node
Destroy a node. Will check termination protection and warn if enabled.

    CLI Example:

    .. code-block:: bash

        salt-cloud --destroy mymachine