The other had his reputation killed at the end of a long-drawn-out and sordid scandal.
His stance on ragwort – a plant often sprayed with herbicides by local authorities because of its reputation for killing horses and grazing animals – may also annoy environmentalists.
Pfiesteria piscicida, the microbe with a fearsome reputation for killing fish and endangering human health, may not be a villain after all, some researchers say.
After all, the pretty yellow plant that seems to spring up overnight in fields and hedgerows, is classed as one of Britain's most injurious, with a reputation for killing horses and grazing animals who eat it.
Those in Silicon Valley especially are known to work hard to maintain a reputation of "killing it," even when the reality is much more rocky.
Polecats are mustelids, related to badgers, stoats and otters; their name is from the French 'poule-chat' or 'chicken-cat' as they had a reputation for killing domestic fowl.
The cartels have a reputation for killing not only those who defy them, but also those victim's families.
But drones hardly have a "perfect operational record," since they have a reputation for killing more civilians than enemy combatants.
It also possessed a low muzzle velocity; and due to the initial supply of rounds possessing faulty fuzes it gained "a terrifying reputation for killing its crew".
Despite the promising-sounding nature of the weapon it had several problems; the effective range was only around 100 300 yards, it was a heavy and awkward weapon to move around and it developed "a terrifying reputation for killing its crew".
The bin Laden who emerges from these communications is a terrorist CEO in an isolated compound, brooding that his organization has ruined its reputation by killing too many Muslims in its jihad against America.
