Answer: RIVE

AnswerCrossword Clue
RIVEGauche introduction?
RIVEUse a cleaver, maybe
RIVETear violently
RIVESeparate, as with a tool
RIVETear asunder
RIVERip in two
RIVEParis' -- Gauche
RIVE-- Gauche (Paris' Left Bank)
RIVEBreak apart
RIVE... Gauche (Paris' Left Bank)
RIVEUse a cleaver
RIVE"Emergency" author: 1964
RIVERend asunder
RIVE... Gauche, Paris
RIVE... Gauche (Left Bank)
RIVESeine bank
RIVEWrench open
RIVERend
rivedivide into pieces nations riven by civil war
riveto wrench open or tear apart or to pieces rend
riveto rend, harrow, or distress (the feelings, heart, etc.)
riveto tear apart
riveto split (wood) radially from a log
riveto separate by striking; split; cleave
riveto tear or rend apart or be torn apart
rivebecome split crack
riveacture
RIVESunder
rivesplit with force or violence
RIVE... Gauche (Paris area)
RIVESplit in half
RIVERend apart
RIVESplit violently
RIVESplit apart
RIVERip in half
RIVECut in half
RIVEBank of France
RIVEFrench bank
RIVE.. "gauche" (left bank: Fr.)
RIVEParis' ... Gauche