Utterly destroyed and unlikely to have kicked about (8)
I believe the answer is:
totalled
'utterly destroyed and unlikely' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'have kicked about' is the wordplay.
'have' becomes 'tall' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'kicked' becomes 'toed' (hit with one's toe).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'tall' placed into 'toed' is 'TOTALLED'.
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for totalled that I've seen before include "Summed" , "came to" , "Determined the sum of" , "Added together" , "completely destroyed" .)