The phrase "and collapsed into a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a sudden failure or breakdown, often in a physical or metaphorical sense.
Example: "After hours of intense debate, the negotiations finally broke down and collapsed into a chaotic argument."
Alternatives: "and fell into a" or "and crumbled into a".
Or will it have melted and collapsed into a big mass?" he said.
Isner entered the locker room Wednesday night and collapsed into a chair.
Mr. Wong's grandmother clutched her head and collapsed into a chair, sobbing.
As the seconds spun out, her teammates scrambled onto the field and collapsed into a huddle.
These very scattering MIE data (dependent on Φ and u′) are plotted as a function of PeCB and collapsed into a single curve with two drastically different increasing slopes showing the ignition transition.
WHEN Palestine's sparring factions, the secular nationalists of Fatah and the Islamists of Hamas, last agreed in 2007 to form a single government, it endured for a dismal three months and collapsed into a three-day civil war that left Palestine split in two.
An alternative approach takes advantage of elasto-capillary forces to pattern groups of pillars that can be coated with an appropriate metal and collapsed into an optimal structure for SERS [65].
Severity of obstructive lung disease was classified per criteria of the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease GOLDD) [26] and collapsed into an indicator variable defined as GOLD Stage II or more severe (equivalent to percent-predicted FEV1<80% and FEV1/FVC<70%).
If anything, the effect was almost operatic, starting on a high soprano burst and collapsing into a prolonged, dying fall.
Then add the tomatoes to the pan, letting them soften and collapse into a rough sauce over a moderate heat.
As the novice insect, she was like a newborn creature, bewildered and collapsing into a pile of her own bones.
