Destroy Tagged items

Hi, I need some help with one of my interaction scripts. I would like to know a way i can destroy a tagged item but without having to declare a GameObject variable. Below is the script i attached to my fps player camera.

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4.  
5. public class CollectItemSaphire : MonoBehaviour
6. {
7.     public AudioClip[] CollectSound;
8.     public GameObject InteractIcon;
9.     public float interactDistance = 2.0f;
10.  
11.     void Update()
12.     {
13.         Ray ray = new Ray(transform.position, transform.forward);
14.         RaycastHit hit;
15.         if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit, interactDistance))
16.         {
17.             if (hit.collider.CompareTag("ItemSaphire"))
18.             {
19.                 InteractIcon.SetActive(true);
20.                 if (Input.GetButtonDown("Interact"))
21.                 {
22.                     int r = Random.Range(1, CollectSound.Length);
23.                     AudioSource.PlayClipAtPoint(CollectSound[r], transform.position);
24.                     ScoringSystem.TheScoreSaphire += 1;
25.                     //the code to destroy the game object i'm hitting with my ray goes here.
26.                 }
27.             }
28.         }
29.         else
30.         {
31.             InteractIcon.SetActive(false);
32.         }
33.     }
34. }

 

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. Destroy(hit.transform.gameObject);
3.  

 

Thank you very much. That did the job.