Corrupt database, need to start over

This is a test bed env. I've hosed the .dbf and control files, there's no backup and I don't want to recover. V$DATABASE and V$INSTANCE show the db as intact when I 'startup nomount', but in fact there's no database out there anymore.
What I want to do is the equivalent of 'drop database;' so I can recreate and retest, but I can't mount the DB to drop it. Is there a best/fast way to clean up the mess?

Since there are no dbf's there is no database.
A instance can be mounted without any datafiles. In your case it is not clear what you are intending to do.
$export ORACLE_SID=DUMSID
$sqlplus / as sysdba
SQL>shutdown abort;
$cd $ORACLE_HOME/
$rm -i init* sp*
This will mean that the entire instance has gone. Now you can start over.

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Got the phone, looks fine, started setup using old 3Gs--ie, made the call to the number below and typed in the number I was activating. Well, then realized the service might not know I was activating a replacement phone, though there was some question addressing that issue, and I quit that activation and set out to call the AT&T number on the new, unactivated, phone, thinking maybe it was rigged to go ahead and call this one number even though it was not activated. It did that and almost instantly a popup arrived saying my new phone was activated.
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Hello again;
Monday is meeting day here.
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